CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0320
OFEQ 2 (HORIZON 2)
OFEQ 2 (HORIZON 2) (NORAD 20540) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 July 1990, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20540
International designator
1990-027A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Israel
Launched
3 Apr 1990Palmachim
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jul 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months97 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
36.8°N to 36.8°SFinal inclination 143.2°
Mass
160 kg
Operator
DDRD / Yachiyd 9900
Built by
IAI
Bus
'Ofeq
Programme
Ofeq
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 143.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 36.8°N and 36.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsOFEQ 2 (HORIZON 2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1990-027
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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